Meta-Estimation of Araucanian Herring, Strangomera bentincki (Norman, 1936), Biological Indicators in the Central-South Zone of Chile (32°–47° LS)

Antonio Aranis, Rolando de la Cruz, Carlos Montenegro, Marlene Ramírez, Leonardo Caballero, Alejandra Gómez, Karen Walker

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Abstract

Araucanian herring, Strangomera bentincki, is ecologically and economically important. Its complexity, like that of other pelagic fish, arises from seasonal population changes related to distribution with different spatial dynamics and demographic fractions, subject to strong environmental and fishing exploitation variations. This implies the necessity for a thorough understanding of biological processes, which are interpreted with the help of various activities, and directly or indirectly allow to infer and deliver adequate indicators. These activities facilitate a correct technical analysis and consistent conclusions for resource management and administration. In this context, the present study identified and addressed the need to integrate information on Araucanian herring lengths made available in historical series from commercial fleet fishing and sources such as special monitoring, hydroacoustic cruises, and monitoring during closed seasons. The study focused on methodologies widely used in biostatistics that allow analyzing the feasibility of integrating data from different origins, focused on evaluating the correct management of size structures that vary by origin, sample size, and volumes extracted. We call this tool meta-estimation. It estimates the integration of biological-fishery size indicators that originated mainly from commercial fishing and research fisheries for central-south pelagic fishery with data of catch between January and July 2018.

Original languageEnglish
Article number886321
JournalFrontiers in Marine Science
Volume9
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Jun 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Araucanian herring
  • Bayesian analysis
  • meta-analysis
  • meta-regression
  • pelagic fish
  • size structure

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